Marijuana Is Legal. If you’re A Shepherd

Italy’s highest court had given his verdict that an Italian shepherd can take marijuana since he has sheep as his only company. So marijuana had received an unexpected endorsement for recreational purposes.

It is fine to use for medicinal purposes but it is quite surprising that the verdict has been passed to use [...]

No food but plenty of opium poppies in Afghanistan

Marjah is an opium paradise found in the Helmand River valley where the reign of the Taliban is still quite strong creating the most insurgent den out of all the southern Afghanistan areas.

It was first built as a model farm belt that was irrigated by canals by the US government during the fifties, but has [...]

Rich get richer and poor are just poor

According to a new report commissioned by the government, the gap between the poor and the rich within the UK has continued to grow at a steady rate over the last 40 years.

The report looked at areas such as taxes, education, and neighborhood renewal and was conducted by the National Equality Panel.  It found that [...]

The great international haggis row is over

For almost twenty years the humble haggis has been the source of political tensions between the United States and Scotland.  However, now after 21 years the United States will once again allow the haggis back through its borders.

Originally, the food item was banned from the US because authorities feared that its key ingredient, minced [...]

Airport scanners may produce child porn

The quick installation of full body scanners at top British airports may breach some child protection laws that pertain to indecent images.

Campaigners are worried that the machines create graphic images of children and that there need to be better safeguards in place to protect passengers’ privacy.

In the face of the concern, ministers now need to [...]

60,000 CCTV cameras and criminals are not getting caught

Last night it was reported that the number of  controlled by town halls has tripled over the last decade. Currently there are 60,000 cameras focused on the streets, which compares to roughly one camera per every 1000 UK citizens.

The increase in CCTV use has cost the local governments millions of pounds as well as about [...]

A million arrests just for a DNA sample

Although many people dislike invasion of privacy in their everyday lives such as CCTV in the streets or speed cameras, it turns out there may be a more invasive way to steal from people, DNA theft.

The news of DNA invasion comes during the week when it was discovered that police may in fact be arresting [...]